Kawaii Terrarium 🌳✨

Cute Mofu characters living in your VS Code editor! They simply roam around your workspace, bringing relaxation to your coding sessions.

Features

• 🐱 Adorable animated characters - Cats, squirrels, hedgehogs, and so on
• 🚶 Smooth animations - Characters walk around your editor with idle animations
• ✨ Random appearances - Characters randomly appear and disappear
• 🪟 Secondary Sidebar support - Mofu now lives in the right sidebar (secondary sidebar) by default!
• 🎮 Easy controls - Summon Mofus via command palette
• 🌄 Background scenes - Enjoy a cute terrarium background behind your Mofus!

Demo

• On Secondary SideBar
  

What is "Mofu"?

"Mofu" is the name of the characters in this extension and has two meanings:

1. Morph - The ability to transform into various adorable animals
2. MofuMofu (もふもふ) - A Japanese onomatopoeia meaning "soft and fluffy"

The name perfectly captures these cute, shape-shifting creatures! 🌸

Usage

Via Command Palette

1. Open Command Palette (Cmd+Shift+P on Mac, Ctrl+Shift+P on Windows/Linux)
2. Type "Kawaii Terrarium"
3. Select:
   • Summon Mofu on Secondary Sidebar - Show Mofus in the right sidebar

Installation

Option 1

1. Open VS Code
2. Go to Extensions (Cmd+Shift+X / Ctrl+Shift+X)
3. Search for "Kawaii Terrarium"
4. Click Install

Option 2

Install from VS Code Marketplace

Characters

Each Mofu can transform into:

• 🐱 Cats (4 variants)
• 🐿️ Squirrels (2 variants)
• 🦔 Hedgehogs (2 variants)
• 🐘 Elephants (2 variants)
• 🐢 Tortoises (1 variant)
• 🐢 Turtles (1 variant)
• 🫏 Horses (3 variants)
• 🦆 Ducks (2 variants)
• 🦎 Chameleons (4 variants)
• 🐧 Penguins (4 variants)
• 🦊 Foxes (2 variants)

Mofu Book

Cats

Squirrels

Hedgehogs

Elephants

Tortoises

Turtles

Horses

Ducks

Chameleons

Penguins

Foxes

Requirements

• Visual Studio Code ^1.107.0

Known Issues

None at the moment. Please report issues on GitHub.

Release Notes

See CHANGELOG.md for detailed release notes.

0.1.0

Initial release of Kawaii Terrarium!

0.1.2

Added new Mofu characters: tortoise and turtle!

1.0.0🎉

Added Secondary SideBar support!

1.0.1

Added new Mofus: 3 horses!

1.0.2

Added new Mofus: 2 cats and 2 ducks!

1.0.3

Added new Mofus: 2 chameleons!

1.1.0

• Removed obsolete commands and cleaned up command handling
• Added background to the terrarium view
• Improved code structure and maintainability

1.1.1

Added new Mofus: 2 penguins!

1.1.2

Added new Mofus: 2 more penguins! Fixed 1 penguin sprite!

1.1.3

Added new Mofus: 2 more chameleons!

1.1.4

Added new Mofus: 2 foxes! Added Mofu's sample image on README!

License

• Source Code: MIT License
• Character Artwork (media/mofus/, media/logo/): © 2025 Kazuki. All rights reserved.

See LICENSE for full details.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

Author

Created by Kazuki

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Enjoy your kawaii coding experience! 🌸